A few people have asked me if the MyPKUDiet/PKUDiet2 app could be installed on a tablet like Kindle Fire. Since I was not planning to release a version of the app just for tablets, I thought I can at least come up a guide for how to install the mobile app onto Kindle Fire, Amazon's Android-powered tablet/e-reader that was released in November, 2011. Credit for this guide goes to PC World's article by Patrick Miller at http://www.pcworld.com/article/244303/how_to_root_your_kindle_fire.html.

I recently discovered a way that allows me to quickly and easily perform search on the entire PKU support list posting through Emory University’s LISTSERV web site. This solved my single biggest challenge of using the mailing list ever since my son was born over three years ago. We always know there are tremendous amount of information that is available in the community list, yet, there has not been any easy way to perform search other than by using command and keywords through emails. At least I have not found one until now. Hope this post helps.

I just want to remind everyone that there is a companion blog site http://pkudroid.wordpress.com/ for the mobile app version of this web site. If you have a Google Android based cell phone or other mobile device, make sure to take a look at the mobile app, PKUDietBook. Although this web site was originally designed as the secondary tool to enter diet records, it has evolved into a primary diet record data entry point for some users.

As users of this site are adding more and more foods, the entire food list for this web site is getting longer and longer, and consequently, those foods you normally use become harder and harder to find in this list when creating a diet record.

According to wikipedia, "Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized by a deficiency in the hepatic enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH).[1]:541 This enzyme is necessary to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine ('Phe') to the amino acid tyrosine. When PAH is deficient, phenylalanine accumulates and is converted into phenylpyruvate (also known as phenylketone), which is detected in the urine."